California and other states began blocking colleges from withholding students' transcripts for unpaid bills five years ago.

In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept ...

A former head basketball coach at Westchester Community College has pleaded guilty to forgery- and conspiracy-related charges for doctoring a player's transcript to get him into St. John's University, ...

A Malden, Mo., woman who tried to gain acceptance to Southeast Missouri State University last fall with a fake transcript will not be booked into the prison system. Danielle M. Feagin, 22, who pleaded ...

U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona this month said colleges withholding transcripts from students who owe them money drives inequitable outcomes, marking the first time ever the nation's top ...

Colleges with harmful transcript ransom policies refuse to release student transcripts due to unpaid tuition, on-campus parking tickets, books, fines or fees. Credit: Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger ...

College transcripts are vital documents not just for students but also for employers and colleges. Students need them to show both what they have studied and how they performed. Employers want them so ...